Country singer Chris Stapleton filed an official objection after Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" won the 2025 Grammy award for best country album. In February 2025, a rumor spread online that country artist Chris Stapleton had filed an "official objection" after the 2025 Grammy award for best country album went to Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter."

Black independent country music industry creatives are developing a rural-to-urban, Midwestern and Southern, Nashville-inspired country scene.

Grammys, topping the Official Americana chart and climbing on the Official Country Artists Albums, but slips on other U.K. rankings.

Los Angeles-based producer Brian “Killah B” Bates didn’t know his song, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” would be the breakout hit from Beyoncé’s Grammy-winning country album Cowboy Carter. He was just honored to be included on the project, and he says he’s still processing it all.

A Facebook post featured an alleged quote from Chris Stapleton criticizing the Grammys and advocating for country music’s authenticity

While Beyoncé, Blue, and Jay-Z attended the GRAMMYs, Tina was spending time with her youngest grandchildren, 7-year-old twins Rumi and Sir. “For a second, we were just sitting there,” the Cécred haircare vice chairperson continued. “When she did this [ mimics Beyoncé’s viral shocked reaction ], I said, ‘Who is real? I couldn’t believe it.'”